I've heard the former five star WR could be following Moss to Louisville. This would be a HUGE pickup for Brohm! GO CARDS!!!
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These USC guys will be overpriced in the market. I get they are talented but they still have to be extremely productive at that price.
Branch brothers are rumored to be in the 2M-4M range. He has 3 TD in 2 years and rough 1,000 yards. His brother has zero interceptions and 50 tackles in 2 years.
Robinson 1M-1.5M the new team getting involved is Louisville. I would say that is a leverage play on FSU. Makes it out of Tallahassee then Louisville has a shot. He has 700 yard and 7 TD’ in 2 years.
I really don’t get the evaluations. Yes, physical tools are there but in the world do you value them over 1M. I can somewhat see the value in Robinson because he kind of a unicorn and a problem in the red zone. The Branch crew hard to justify their price tag. He was in a very friendly offense and still didn’t produce. His brother is blah statistically.
Branch brothers are rumored to be in the 2M-4M range. He has 3 TD in 2 years and rough 1,000 yards. His brother has zero interceptions and 50 tackles in 2 years.
Robinson 1M-1.5M the new team getting involved is Louisville. I would say that is a leverage play on FSU. Makes it out of Tallahassee then Louisville has a shot. He has 700 yard and 7 TD’ in 2 years.
I really don’t get the evaluations. Yes, physical tools are there but in the world do you value them over 1M. I can somewhat see the value in Robinson because he kind of a unicorn and a problem in the red zone. The Branch crew hard to justify their price tag. He was in a very friendly offense and still didn’t produce. His brother is blah statistically.
Isn't that what the portal is supposed to be? If you don't feel like you're getting a real chance where you are at? Coaches not fully invested in your future. A change of scenery, another opportunity to prove critics are wrong? Another shot at the game you devoted your life to? Win a championship?
^^^ exactly. and why the old system was, in essence, indentured servitude or occupational slavery, where they said you have to stay here for four years no matter what or lose a year of playing time. and even if you have no chance of ever playing because of the talent in front of you, you were forced to stay four years. even if the coach you wanted to play for left after a few months, these kids were forced to stay four years. now they have the freedom (remember freedoms in america, somehow the freedoms of college athletes have been stomped upon for decades by people claiming america is about freedom).
NIL and the transfer portal is the pure definition of the american dream, and pure capitalism. if you do not like it, you do not like what america was founded on, that any person, can go out and find work and negotiate a fair wage. how many of you have a job where you have the opportunity to renegotiate your salary every year, and not only are you negotiating with your current employer, you get to also negotiation with dozens if not hundreds of more potential employers, depending on your sport. if you do not like the system now, it's pure jealously that you're stuck in a job where you cannot improve yourself. but these athletes finally have the freedom that the rest of us have enjoyed. the finalyl get to be americans in a system that says you're free but they've been slaves for decades adn reparations are now happening. it's always been rich people keeping non rich kids in their place. now it's the rich people shelling out their cash trying to bring every kid in now. Fu$k management, and screw anyone who takes management's side.
NIL and the transfer portal is the pure definition of the american dream, and pure capitalism. if you do not like it, you do not like what america was founded on, that any person, can go out and find work and negotiate a fair wage. how many of you have a job where you have the opportunity to renegotiate your salary every year, and not only are you negotiating with your current employer, you get to also negotiation with dozens if not hundreds of more potential employers, depending on your sport. if you do not like the system now, it's pure jealously that you're stuck in a job where you cannot improve yourself. but these athletes finally have the freedom that the rest of us have enjoyed. the finalyl get to be americans in a system that says you're free but they've been slaves for decades adn reparations are now happening. it's always been rich people keeping non rich kids in their place. now it's the rich people shelling out their cash trying to bring every kid in now. Fu$k management, and screw anyone who takes management's side.
The only point I’ll concede on this is that coaches abused the system for years. Nick Saban was the highest-paid state employee in Alabama, for Pete’s sake. But the system as it is is broken. There is zero consideration of academics, no loyalty to a school (heck, most employees have a certain loyalty to their employers), no binding contracts (at least coaches have those). The system could be improved over what we had before and what we have now with a system of direct payments to players such that every player got paid, with standardized incentives around performance and hitting academic targets. There would be a universal salary cap so that richer schools couldn’t just “buy” teams at the expense of poorer ones, and contracts that would require a player to pay back some of the money if he transfers.
“and contracts that would require a player to pay back some of the money if he transfers.”
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Every athlete is allowed to hire professionals to help with marketing, legal issues, tax laws and other business dealings associated with NIL. You would think universities and AD's are aware of this.
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My issue is with the coaching staff’s that are overing pay for players just because they can. It is very similar to when the Browns overpaid Watson. It messed up the entire QB market. When Michigan or Texas pay 8M for a QB it has trickle down effect.
Now I am not naive I know coaches/boosters can’t help themselves. It is what it is.
There is zero chance I pay the Branch their asking price nothing production wise says there is value. I can be sold on the Robinson because he has production to support that kind of pay day. I think the Purdue TE has move value.
This isn’t a shot at the players they are taking advantage of market. Most have a small window to get theirs. Zero problem with the players.
My issue is with the coaching staff’s that are overing pay for players just because they can. It is very similar to when the Browns overpaid Watson. It messed up the entire QB market. When Michigan or Texas pay 8M for a QB it has trickle down effect.
Now I am not naive I know coaches/boosters can’t help themselves. It is what it is.
There is zero chance I pay the Branch their asking price nothing production wise says there is value. I can be sold on the Robinson because he has production to support that kind of pay day. I think the Purdue TE has move value.
Or if they decide they want to opt out of bowl games or even in season games like Lacy did.
The tough thing with injuries as fans we don’t know the full story. I thought Lacy was quitting but maybe he wasn’t right physically. The thing about football you better be all in mentally or it is a really brutal game. At least he didn’t transfer….yet.
The craziness is school spends X dollars upfront, the kid gets hurt school helps with rehab then transfers that is wrong on so many levels.
Another major shift is going to occur but the SEC, Big Ten and TV executives can’t be the ones leading the shift. I am afraid that is what is going to happen. The universities should be leading this shift not conference commissioners.
College sports and the athletes is a wonderful product. The volleyball is must see TV if you can emotionally handle it. The popularity of college baseball. People love watching kids compete. They are making decisions that are best for the conferences not the game itself. They risking losing all the non revenue sports just because of money. Football is immune but if college basketball isn’t careful their viewership will tank like the NBA.
The craziness is school spends X dollars upfront, the kid gets hurt school helps with rehab then transfers that is wrong on so many levels.
Another major shift is going to occur but the SEC, Big Ten and TV executives can’t be the ones leading the shift. I am afraid that is what is going to happen. The universities should be leading this shift not conference commissioners.
College sports and the athletes is a wonderful product. The volleyball is must see TV if you can emotionally handle it. The popularity of college baseball. People love watching kids compete. They are making decisions that are best for the conferences not the game itself. They risking losing all the non revenue sports just because of money. Football is immune but if college basketball isn’t careful their viewership will tank like the NBA.
The “old system” was never indentured slavery or servitude; any student athlete was free to leave anytime he or she wanted, and in most any instance they did not lose their scholarship for the remainder of the semester.
For the millions of men and women who serve in the Military, I suppose they could argue they were indentured slaves while serving, but I never felt it, and to be honest, I never heard those I served with express feeling like slaves.
The exchange for competing in intercollegiate college sports for a college scholarship and opportunity for that education worked perfectly for decades before greed crept in and eliminated amateur status.
For the millions of men and women who serve in the Military, I suppose they could argue they were indentured slaves while serving, but I never felt it, and to be honest, I never heard those I served with express feeling like slaves.
The exchange for competing in intercollegiate college sports for a college scholarship and opportunity for that education worked perfectly for decades before greed crept in and eliminated amateur status.
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